noun. A diminutive human.

noun. A miniature, fully formed individual believed by adherents of the early biological theory of preformation to be present in the sperm cell.

noun. A tiny human being that may be produced (according to a fancy of Paracelsus) artificially, without a natural mother.

noun. A little man; a dwarf.

noun. A little man; a dwarf; a manikin.

noun. A little man.

noun. The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.

noun. a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell

noun. a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal

"The homunculus is the mapping of the body into the motor cortex, which is a portion of the brain located approximately under the portion of the scalp that would be occupied by a Mohawk hairdo."

manikin  

homo  

individual  mortal  person  small person  somebody  

'us'  boffo  grapple  incoordination  meritless  

dwarf  manikin  

homunculi